Research
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Latest papers
Can heat therapy help patients with heart failure?
Artificial organs · 2020
Thermal therapy: a viable adjunct in the treatment of heart failure?
Congestive heart failure (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2008
Latest funding
- $846,061
Activation of cardioprotective brain mechanisms post MI.
CIHR · 2014 · Nominated PI
- $100,000
Antihypertensive pharmacotherapies and their effect on clinical outcomes: a systematic review.
CIHR · 2012 · Co-investigator
- $366,978
Molecular Dissection of Brain Mechanisms Contributing to HF post MI.
CIHR · 2011 · Nominated PI
2 publications.
Can heat therapy help patients with heart failure?
Ye WN, Thipse M, Mahdi MB, Azad S, Davies R, Ruel M, Silver MA, Hakami L, Mesana T, Leenen F, Mussivand T
Thermal therapy: a viable adjunct in the treatment of heart failure?
Mussivand T, Alshaer H, Haddad H, Beanlands DS, Beanlands R, Chan KL, Higginson L, Leenen F, Ruddy TD, Mesana T, Silver MA
Activation of cardioprotective brain mechanisms post MI.
Principal investigators: Leenen, Frans H
Keywords: Brain Mechanisms; Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor; Exercise Program; Heart Failure; Rats; Sympathetic Activity
Antihypertensive pharmacotherapies and their effect on clinical outcomes: a systematic review.
Principal investigators: Moher, David; Mills, Edward J
Keywords: Antihypertensive Medications; Cardiovascular Outcomes; Hypertension; Network Meta-Analysis; Systematic Review
Molecular Dissection of Brain Mechanisms Contributing to HF post MI.
Principal investigators: Leenen, Frans H; Van Huysse, James W
Keywords: Aldosterone; Brain Mechanisms; Genetic Changes; Heart Failure; K+-Atpase; Mice; Na+; Ouabain; Sympathetic Nervous System
Brain mechanisms and sympathetic hyperactivity in genetic models of salt-sensitive hypertension
Principal investigators: Leenen, Frans H
Keywords: Aldosterone; Brain; Genetic Models Of Salt-Sensitive Hypertension; Na+-Transport; Ouabain; Sympathetic Activity
Brain Mechanisms Determining Sympathetic Hyperactivity and Cardiac Dysfunction in Rats Post MI.
Principal investigators: Leenen, Frans H
Keywords: Brain Mechanisms; Heart Failure; Humans; Rats; Sympathetic Activity; Sympathetic Nerve Recordings
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Department of Medicine
- Cardiac Surgery
- Cardiology
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